More Women Poets Speak
Tuesday April 30, 2013
Yesterday's post highlighted the voices of American women poets born before the 20th century; today's post includes quotes from such women born in the first three decades of the 20th ... Read More
Martha Washington, America's First First Lady
Tuesday April 30, 2013
On April 30, 1796, George Washington became the first President of the United States, and Martha Washington the first First Lady. The title "First Lady" was not used during ... Read More
Women Poets Speak
Monday April 29, 2013
As National Poetry Month winds down, I'm featuring some quotes from American women poets. These five, all born before the 20th century began, include the well-known and the lesser-known, ... Read More
Never Crowned
Monday April 29, 2013
Though she was never crowned queen, she fought for her right to succeed her father as England's ruler in a bitter civil war against her cousin Stephen. Stephen seized the ... Read More
Tutor to Queen Isabella and Her Daughters
Sunday April 28, 2013
Beatriz Galindo, tutor of Isabella, future Queen of Castile and Aragon, was also a tutor to the Queen's daughters, Katherine of Aragon (first wife of England's Henry VIII) and Joanna ... Read More
Tragic Queen of Scotland
Saturday April 27, 2013
Mary, Queen of Scots, is known as a tragic figure in European history. Queen of Scotland from the death of her father when she was a week old, she ... Read More
Mother of Feminism?
Saturday April 27, 2013
Mary Wollstonecraft, born April 27, 1759, has been called the "first feminist" or "mother of feminism." Her book-length essay on women's rights, and especially on women's education, A Vindication of ... Read More
Rachel Carson and Earth Day
Saturday April 20, 2013
April 22 has been celebrated as Earth Day since 1970. Women have played key roles in the environmental movement both before and after the first Earth Day. One ... Read More
Read About Women Saving the Earth
Thursday April 18, 2013
Women have been key figures in the movement to preserve the natural environment. Some worked as naturalists, documenting the lives of our primate cousins. Others worked to empower women. ... Read More
First Woman to Fly Across the English Channel
Tuesday April 16, 2013
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel, solo, on April 16, 1912, although news about her achievement was overwhelmed in the American media by news ... Read More
Maria Tallchief 1925 - 2013
Friday April 12, 2013
Maria Tallchief, the first American and first Native American prima ballerina, died on April 11, 2013, at age 88. She was most active as a dancer in the 1940s into ... Read More
Planning for Mother's Day Activities
Wednesday April 10, 2013
It's not too soon to begin planning for Mother's Day activities that take into account the history of Mother's Day. In this series of articles, I've outlined the history ... Read More
The Iron Lady: 1925 - 2013
Monday April 8, 2013
Margaret Thatcher died on Monday, after suffering another stroke. She had suffered a series of strokes in 2002, giving up much of her traveling after that. Her daughter, Carol Thatcher, ... Read More
What is the Pink-Collar Ghetto?
Saturday April 6, 2013
What is meant by the pink-collar ghetto, and what does it have to do with women's rights and women's history? Learn more here: Pink-Collar Ghetto.
Teenage Female Paul Revere
Friday April 5, 2013
You've heard of Paul Revere? A woman did something quite similar -- riding on horseback at night to warn farm families of a British landing and to raise the ... Read More
Ghost Story to Famous Novel
Wednesday April 3, 2013
Daughter of a couple who themselves had created something of a scandal, this woman writer herself led a scandalous life. During one "wet, ungenial summer" at Lake Geneva, this ... Read More